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Английский клуб
Ханс Кристиан Андерсен
Снежная
королева
Адаптация текста, комментарий,
упражнения и словарь Н. И. Кролик
Москва
АЙРИС ПРЕСС
2014

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Серия «Английский клуб» включает книги и учебные
пособия, рассчитанные на пять этапов изучения
английского языка: Elementary (для начинающих), Рге-
Intermediate (для продолжающих первого уровня),
Intermediate (для продолжающих второго уровня),
Upper Intermediate (для продолжающих третьего
уровня) и Advanced (для совершенствующихся).
Серийное оформление А. М. Драгового
Андерсен, X. К.
Снежная королева [= The Snow Queen] / X. К. Андерсен;
адаптация текста, комментарий, упражнения, словарь Н. И.
Кролик. — М.: Айрис-пресс, 2014. — 96 с. — (Английский клуб). —
(Домашнее чтение).
ISBN 978-5-8112-5200-8
Книга представляет собой адаптацию сказки знаменитого датского
писателя Ханса Кристиана Андерсена (1Х05-1875) «Снежная королева» на
английском языке. Это одна из лучших сказок великого писателя, широко
известная в нашей стране. В ней рассказывается о том, как детская любовь
и искренняя дружба помогла развеять злые чары коварной повелительницы
снежного королевства.
После каждой главы дается комментарий и перевод трудных слов
и выражений, а также упражнения, направленные на проверку понимания
текста, отработку лексики и грамматических конструкций, развитие на
выков устной речи. Новые слова включены в словарь, который помешен
в конце книги.
Пособие адресовано учащимся 3—4 классов средних школ, линеен,
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STORY 1
In one big town lived two poor
children. Their names were Kay and
Gerda. They had a large garden
full of roses. They were not brother
and sister but they loved each other
very much.
Can the Snow Queen come in
here?' asked the girl one day.
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"Only let her try" said the boy.
I'll put her on the stove and she'll
melt.9
One evening when little Kay was
at home, he climbed on a chair
and looked out the window. One
of the snowflakes was larger than
the others and it became larger
and larger till at last it became
the figure of a woman dressed in
a long white dress. Her dress was
made of a million little flakes. She
was beautiful but made of ice, and
her eyes were made of ice, too,
and were shining like bright stars.
She nodded toward the window and
waved her hand. The little boy got
afraid and ran from the window.
Then spring came and the
children were again in the garden. Kay
and Gerda held each other by the
hand and kissed the roses. One
day Kay and Gerda sat looking at
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the pictures of animals and birds
in a big book. Suddenly Kay cried
out, 'Oh, there is something in my
heartl I feel such a painV and soon
after that he said, 'There is
something in my eye.' Gerda put her
arm round his neck and looked into
his eye but she did not see
anything. 'I think it is gone/ he said.
But it was not gone — it was
one of the bits of the magic
mirror which made everything beautiful
and kind seem ugly and evil. Poor
little Kay also received a small
piece of that mirror in his heart,
which very quickly became a piece
of ice and made his heart cold and
evil.
'Why are you crying?' said he.
'It makes your face ugly. Oh, see!'
he cried suddenly. 'There roses
are ugly,' and he pulled off some
roses. When Kay saw that Gerda
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got frightened, he laughed and ran
away from her. After that time his
games became evil and even cruel.
It was the bit of glass in his eye
and a piece of ice in his heart
that made him like this. He was
even cruel to Gerda who loved him
with all her heart.
One day when he was playing
in a big square, he saw a very
large sledge. It was white and in
it sat a woman in white fur coat
and a white cap. The sledge drove
round the square and when it went
away, Kay's little sledge followed it.
Kay cried out loudly but nobody
heard him when the snow fell upon
him and the sledge drove on and
on.
Suddenly the large sledge stopped
and the person in it stood up.
The fur and the cap which were
made of snow fell off and he saw
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a lady, tall and white. It was the
Snow Queen. She seated Kay in her
sledge and kissed him. The kiss
was colder than ice; it went to his
heart. Kay felt as if he was dying
but only for a moment. Soon he
felt quite well again and did not
notice the cold around him.
'Now I mustn't give you more
kisses/ said the Snow Queen, 'or
I can kiss you to death.' Kay
looked at her and saw that she
was very beautiful. She smiled to
him all the time and flew higher
and higher with him upon a black
cloud. They flew over woods and
lakes, over seas and lands. Below
them the wolves howled and the
wind roared; above them the full
moon was shining. And so Kny
spent the long winter night and in
the morning he slept at the foot of
the Snow Queen.
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Helpful Words & Notes
Only let her try — Пусть только
попробует
snowflake — снежинка
it is gone — он исчез
magic mirror — волшебное зеркало
ugly — безобразный, уродливый
evil — злой
got frightened — испугалась
made him like this — сделало его
таким
on and on — дальше и дальше
Below them the wolves howled and
the wind roared — Под ними
рычали волки и выл ветер
Exercises
1. Say:
1) what Kay saw one day.
2) how the Snow Queen looked
like.
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3) what Kay felt.
4) how Kay changed.
5) what the Snow Queen did.
6) where Kay and the Snow
Queen flew.
2. Say if these statements are right
or wrong. Correct them if they
are wrong.
1) Kay and Gerda were brother
and sister.
2) One of the snowflakes
became a figure of a beautiful
woman.
3) Kay felt a snowflake in his
eye.
4) The magic mirror made
everything seem beautiful and
kind.
5) The Snow Queen could kiss
Kay to death.
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3. Match the adjectives from the left
column with the nouns from the
right column.
Adjectives
evil
magic
fur
black
ugly
large
Nouns
cloud
sledge
flowers
magician (волшебник)
mirror
coat
4. Use the synonyms from the text.
1) When Kay saw that Gerda
was afraid, he ran away.
2) It was the piece of ice in his
heart that made him like this.
3) Kay shouted loudly but
nobody heard him.
4) Suddenly the large sledge
stopped and the person in it
rose up.
5) They flew over forests and
lakes.
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Fill in the prepositions from the
box.
into
by
off
out
toward
of
1) Kay climbed on a chair and
looked the window.
2) Her dress was made
a million little snowflakes.
3) The Snow Queen nodded
the window and waved
her hand.
4) Kay and Gerda held each
other the hand.
5) Gerda looked Kay's eye.
6) Kay pulled some roses.
Put the adjectives in brackets in
the right form.
1) One of the snow flakes was
(big) than the others.
2) Do you know Hint Jupiter is
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the (large) planet in our
Galaxy?
3) This summer is hot. Last
summer was (hot). But the
summer of 2010 was (hot).
4) I think the film 'Star Wars'
is (interesting) than 'Harry
Potter'.
5) Math is the (difficult) subject
for me.
6) Ann was the (beautiful) girl
in our class and all the boys
were in love with her.
7. Describe how Kay received pieces
of the magic mirror in his heart
and his eye.
8. Imagine that you are Kay. Say:
1) how it happened that you
went away with the Snow
Queen.
2) what you remember from
your first journey.

STORY 2
Gerda did not know anything
about Kay. What could happen to
him? Some boys told her that his
sledge followed a very large sledge,
which drove out of the town gate.
But nobody knew where it went,
and Gerda cried for a long time.
She thought that he was drowned
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in the river which ran near the
school. But she was not sure.
One day in spring she decided
to go down to the river and ask
it for Kay. It was an early
morning when she kissed her old
grandmother who was still asleep, put on
her red shoes and went alone out
of the town gates toward the river.
'Is it true that you took my
little friend away from me?' she
asked the river. 'I'll give you my
red shoes if you give him back to
me.' Then she took off her new red
shoes which she liked very much
and threw them into the river but
they fell near the bank. Gerda
thought that she threw the shoes
not far enough. So she crept into
a boat that lay on the water and
threw the shoes again from the
farther end of the boat. The boat was
not tied and it began to drift away
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from the bank faster and faster.
Little Gerda got very much afraid and
began to cry but only birds could
hear her and they could not carry
her to the land. These birds were
flying by the shore and singing,
'Here we are! Here we are!'
Gerda sat still with only her
stockings on her feet. The red shoes
floated after her but she could not
get them. The banks of the river
were very nice. There were
beautiful flowers on them, old trees
and fields in which cows and sheep
were grazing but no people were
seen. 'Perhaps the river will carry
me to little Kay,' thought Gerda. So
she lifted her head and looked at
the beautiful green banks.
* * *
And so the boat sailed on and
on for many hours. At last Gerda
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came up to a large garden in which
stood a small red house with strange
red and blue windows. Outside its
door stood two wooden soldiers.
Gerda called out to them because
she thought they were alive but
of course they didn't answer. Then
Gerda called louder and out of the
house came a very old woman. She
wore a large hat with painted roses
on it to shade her from the sun.
'Oh, you poor little child,' said
the old woman and then she walked
into the water, drew the boat
up to the land with a stick and
helped Gerda to come out. The girl
was happy to feel herself on dry
ground though she was afraid of
the strange old woman. 'Come and
tell me who you are,' said the old
woman, 'and how you came here.'
Gerda told her everything and
when she finished, the old woman
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asked her not to be unhappy but
to taste cherries from her garden
and look at the flowers. She took
Gerda by the hand and led her
into the little house. On the table
stood red cherries and Gerda could
eat as many as she wished. Then
the old woman combed the girl's
hair with a golden comb and said,
'Stay with me and see how happily
we shall live together.' And while
she was combing little Gerda's hair,
the girl thought less and less about
Kay, because the old woman was
a witch but not an evil witch. She
used magic only a little because she
wanted to keep Gerda with her.
Then she took Gerda into the
flower-garden. How beautiful it was!
No picture-book could have more
beautiful colours. Gerda felt happy
and she played till the sun went
down behind the tall cherry-trees.
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The next day and for many days
after that the girl played with the
flowers in the warm sunshine. But
she saw no roses there because the
witch touched all the roses with her
magic stick and they disappeared
under the earth. The old woman was
afraid that the roses could remind
Gerda of the roses at her home and
of little Kay, and she will run away.
Helpful Words & Notes
happen — случаться
be drowned — утонуть (о человеке)
be sure — быть уверенным
true — правильный, правдивый
truth — правда
alive — живой
taste, n — вкус
taste, v — пробовать на вкус
touch, n — прикосновение
touch, v — касаться, трогать
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disappear — исчезать
appear — появляться
earth — земля
remind of — напоминать, быть
похожим на
Exercises
1. Answer the questions.
1) What did the boys tell Gerda
about Kay?
2) What did Gerda think about
Kay?
3) Where did Gerda go? Why?
4) What happened when Gerda
crept into the boat?
5) What did she see on the
banks?
6) Whom did Gerda meet in the
small house?
7) Was the old woman an evil
or a kind witch?
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8) Why did the old woman comb
Gerda's hair with a golden
comb?
Choose right.
1) Gerda thought that Kay ran
away I was drowned.
2) Gerda saw cows / horses on
the banks of the river.
3) The solders were wooden /
alive.
4) There were painted cherries /
roses on the old woman's hat.
5) While the witch was combing
Gerda's hair the girl thought
more and more / less and
less about Kay.
Put the sentences in the right
order.
1) The boat began to drift away
from the bank.
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2) One day in spring Gerda
decided to go down to the
river and ask it for Kay.
3) Gerda crept into a boat and
threw her shoes from the
farther end of the boat.
4) At last Gerda came up to
a red house from which
came a very old woman.
5) The boat sailed on and on
for many hours.
4. Fill in the blanks with the words
from the box.
touched
earth
disappeared
alive
truth
taste, n
remind
am sure
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1) I think that some singers
have a bad . I don't
like their songs.
2) She me of her
grandmother. I can't forget
her.
3) The figures in Madame Tus-
saud's museum in London
look .
4) When the witch the
roses with a magic stick, they
under the .
5) I that
Pete says the .
5. Fill in the prepositions from the
box.
I ^ I
to
off
into
out
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1) His sledge drove of
the town gate.
2) She crept a boat.
3) What happened him?
4) She took her red
shoes.
5) The birds were flying
the shore.
6. Put the adjectives in brackets in
the right form.
1) Do you agree that K. sings
(well) than S. but B. sings
(well) of all?
2) Гт sorry that in the last
football match out team played
(bad) than it usually plays.
3) These brown shoes are good
but the red shoes are (good).
4) 'If you want to be thinner,
eat (little) chips and
icecream,' a woman told her
daughter.
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5) This year (many) birds flew
here than last year.
7. Explain what the old woman did
to keep Gerda with her.
8. Imagine that you are Gerda.
Describe:
1) what happened to you in the
river.
2) what you did in the old
woman's garden.

STORY 3
One day the old woman sat in
her arm-chair at the house door
wearing the hat with painted roses
on it. Gerda looked at her hat and
for the first time noticed the
painted roses and thought of the
beautiful roses in their garden. 'Why are
there no roses here?' thought Gerda
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and she ran out into the garden
and examined all the flower-beds.
But she found no one rose. She sat
down on the ground and wept, and
her warm tears fell on the place
where one of the rose-trees was
before. The rose-tree came out at
once. Gerda kissed the rose-tree and
asked it, 'Do you know where Kay
is? Do you think he is dead?'
And the roses answered, 'No,
he is not dead. We were in the
ground where all the dead lie but
Kay is not there.'
'Thank you,' said little Gerda
and she ran to the other end of
the garden. She opened the door and
ran out with bare feet into the wide
world. Nobody followed her and she
ran and ran until she got tired and
sat down on a big stone. When she
looked round, she saw that the
summer was over and there was late
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autumn. She knew nothing of this
in the beautiful garden where the
sun shone all the year round.
'Oh, how much time I have
wasted,' said little Gerda. 'It's
autumn already. I mustn't rest any
longer.' And she stood up to walk
on. But her feet were cold and it
was so dark around. She sat down
to rest again and saw a big crow.
The crow stood looking at her for
some time and then said, 'Caw,
caw, good-day.' And then he asked
the little girl where she was going
alone.
Gerda told the crow the whole
story of her adventures and asked,
'Do you know anything about little
Kay?' The crow nodded his head
and said, 'Perhaps I do. I think
I saw him near the princess's
castle. But he has forgotten you with
the princess.'
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'Does he live with a princess?'
asked Gerda.
The crow told her what he knew.
'In this kingdom where we are now/
said he, 'there lives a princess who
is wonderfully clever. A short time
ago she decided to get married but
she wanted to find a husband who
was very clever, too. Many
handsome young men came to the castle
but she liked only one of them. It
was a boy with clear sparkling eyes
and long hair/
'That was Kay!' cried Gerda
happily. 'He was so clever! Oh, I have
found him/ and she clapped her
hands. 'Can you take me to the
castle?'
'It's very easy to ask that/
replied the crow, 'but how can we
do it? I must tell you that it will
be very difficult for a little girl to
get a permission to enter the pal-
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ace. But I'll try to help you. Wait
for me here.' And he flew away.
Helpful Words & Notes
tired — усталый
get tired — уставать
late — поздний
be late — опаздывать
waste — зря терять время
adventure — приключение
he has forgotten you — он забыл
тебя (глагол в Present Perfect
показывает, что действие в прошлом
имеет результат в настоящем)
handsome — красивый (о мужчине)
castle — замок
reply, v — отвечать
reply, n — ответ
permit — позволять, разрешить
permission — разрешение
enter — входить
entrance — вход
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Exercises
1. Correct the sentences.
1) On a place where Gerda's
tears fell, a cherry-tree came
out at once.
2) The roses told Gerda that
Kay was dead.
3) Gerda ran away from the
witch's house because she
was afraid of her.
4) Gerda knew that it was
already late autumn.
5) The crow said that Kay lived
in the Snow Queen's castle.
6) It was easy to get a
permission to enter the castle.
2. Complete the sentences.
1) When Gerda found no one
rose in the garden, she ... .
2) She ran until ... .
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3) In the witch's garden the
sun ... .
4) Gerda sat down and saw ... .
5) She told the crow the story
of ... .
6) The princess wanted to find
• • • •
Find in the text adjectives to the
following nouns.
Roses, feet, world, stone, autumn,
a princess, young men, eyes.
Fill in the blanks with the words
from the box.
permission
handsome
waste
castle
reply
adventures
be late
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1) I like films about .
2) Don't time. You'll
for school.
3) To enter a Gerda
needed a .
4) My brother wrote a letter to
a firm about the work but
he didn't receive a .
5) My sister's young man is
very but I don't
think he is .
5. Fill in the prepositions where
necessary.
1) When she looked , she
saw that the summer was
over.
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2) Gerda sat on a stone to rest
but soon she rose to
walk .
3) It's very difficult
a little girl to get a
permission.
4) Gerda ran out with bare feet
the wide world.
5) You need a ticket to enter
a museum.
6. Fill in the modal verbs from the
box.
must
mustn't
have to
don't have
to
1) 'I waste time ,'
thought Gedra.
2) I get up early
every day except Sunday.
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3) We hurry or we'll
be late for the train.
4) We go to school
during holidays.
7. Imagine that you are Gerda.
Explain why:
1) you decided to leave the old
woman's house.
2) you didn't know that the
summer was over.
3) you were sure that the boy
the princess married was
Kay.
8. Act out the conversation between
Gerda and the crow.

STORY 4
It was a late evening when the
crow returned. 'Caw, caw,' he said,
'it's not possible for you to enter
the palace by the front entrance.
The guards in silver uniform will
not allow it. But don't cry. My
girlfriend who works in the
palace knows a little back staircase
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that leads to the princess's
bedroom.'
The crow led Gerda to the
castle and then showed her the way to
the back door. Oh! how little girl's
heart beat! 'It must be Kay,' she
thought, 'with those sparkling eyes
and long hair. He will certainly be
glad to see me and to know how
unhappy I was that he didn't come
back.' Oh, what joy and fear she
felt!
They were now on the stairs
and there stood the crow's
girlfriend with the key. 'My friend told
me your story,' said the crow. 'It's
very touching. Take the lamp and
follow me. We'll meet no one.' They
walked through many halls and it
seemed to Gerda that on the walls
there were shadows of horses,
hunters and ladies and gentlemen on
horseback. At last they reached the
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bedroom. In the centre of it there
were two beds. Each of them was
like a lily hung from a gold stem.
One, on which the princess lay, was
white, the other was red, and in it
Gerda hoped to find little Kay. She
came up to the bed, pushed one of
the red leaves aside and saw a
little brown neck. Oh, that must be
Kay! She called his name out quite
loudly and held the lamp over him.
A boy woke and turned his head.
It was not little Kay!
Then the princess looked out of
her white-lily bed and asked what
was the matter. Little Gerda
began to cry and told her story.
'You poor child/ said the prince»
and the princess. They said they
were not angry at the crows hut.
it must not happen again. Tin»
following day Gerda was dressed from
head to foot in silk and velvet.
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The prince and the princess asked
her to stay at the palace for a few
days but she only asked for a pair
of warm boots and a little coach
with a horse to draw it. And she
received not only boots but also
a fur coat and a muff. And at the
door she found a carriage made
of gold and a coachman wearing
a golden crown on his head. In
the coach there was a big box with
sweet cakes, fruit and nuts.
'Farewell, farewell/ cried the
prince and princess, and Gerda
wept and the crows wept, too. Then
they flew to a tree and flapped
their wings as long as they could
see the coach.
Helpful Words & Notes
guard — стража, охранник
joy — радость
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fear — страх
hunter — охотник
Each of them was like a lily hung
from a gold stem. — Каждая из
них была похожа на лилию,
свисающую с золотого стебля.
push — толкать
push aside — отвести в сторону
angry — сердитый
get angry — рассердиться
silk — шёлк
velvet — бархат
carriage — карета, экипаж
Exercises
1. Choose right.
1) The staircase led to the
princess's hall I bedroom.
2) The guards wore silver /
golden uniform.
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3) When Gerda pushed aside
one of the red leaves, she
saw a little face / neck.
4) The princess was angry /
not angry at the crows.
5) Gerda asked for a coach /
a sledge.
6) When Gerda was leaving the
prince and the princess, she
laughed / wept.
2. Put the sentences in the right
order.
1) Gerda said "Farewell" to the
prince and the princess.
2) Gerda entered the princess's
bedroom.
3) The crow led Gerda to the
castle.
4) The boy woke and turned his
head.
5) Gerda found a carriage made
of gold.
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6) Gerda came up to the bed
and pushed aside one of the
leaves.
Answer the questions.
1) Who stood by the front
entrance of the palace?
2) Did Gerda enter the palace
from the front or from the
back entrance?
3) What did she feel on the
way to the princess's
bedroom?
4) How was Gerda dressed the
next day?
5) Did the prince lie on the
white or on the red bed?
6) What presents did the prince
and the princess give Gen I»?
Fill in the blanks with the words
from the box.
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velvet
fear
shadows
push
hunter
guards
1) If you want to open this
door, you must it,
not pull.
2) When a saw a big
bear in front of him, he felt
and shot at once.
3) I saw Kate in the theatre
yesterday. She wore a
beautiful dress.
4) There are two in
red uniform in front of
Buckingham Palace in London.
5) In some halls it seemed to
Gerda that she saw
of ladies and gentlemen on
horseback.
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5. Match nouns from the left column
with the adjectives from the right
column.
Adjectives
red
golden
beautiful
front
silver
sweet
Nouns
entrance
cakes
crown
velvet
silk
uniform
6. Fill in the modal verbs from the
box.
can
may
could
will be able to
1) Tourists
visit
Buckingham Palace on certain days
and only with a ticket.
2) Gerda examined the old
woman's garden but she
find no roses.
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3) I think that at the end of
this century men
live on other planets.
4) ' I put on your
velvet dress for the party, mum?'
a girl asked her mother.
7. Say why:
1) Gerda entered the palace by
the back staircase.
2) Gerda felt joy and fear.
3) Gerda didn't want to stay at
the palace.
4) everybody wanted to help
Gerda.
5) Gerda and the crows wept.
8. Draw a picture to this chapter and
describe it.

STORY 5
The coach drove on through
a thick forest where some robbers
stopped it. 'It is gold! It is gold!'
cried they, rushing forward and
seizing the horses. Then they killed
the coachman and pulled little Ger-
da out of the carriage.
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'She is fat and pretty/ said the
old robber-woman who had a long
beard and thick eyebrows. 'How
tasty she will be!' And saying this
she took out a long horrible knife.
'Oh!' screamed she suddenly when
her daughter bit her in the ear.
She was a wild girl and her
mother turned to her and had no time
to kill Gerda.
'She will play with me,' said the
little robber-girl. 'She will give me
her pretty coat and muff and sleep
with me in my bed. Snip, snup,
snare'. And then she bit her
mother in another ear, and her mother
screamed again and all the robbers
began to laugh.
'I will have a ride in the
coach,' said the little robber-girl.
And she and Gerda sat down in
the coach and drove away into the
forest. The little robber-girl was
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about as tall as Gerda but
stronger; she had broader shoulders and
a darker skin; her eyes were quite
black. She kissed Gerda and said,
'They won't kill you as long as
I defend you. I think you are
a princess.'
'No,' said Gerda and then she
told the robber-girl her story and
how she was fond of little Kay.
The robber-girl nodded her head
and said, 'Nobody will kill you
because if I get angry with you, I'll
kill you myself. Snip, snup, snare.'
The coach stopped in the
courtyard of the robbers' house. Two
terrible bulldogs were jumping about
but they were not allowed to bark
and bite. 'You will sleep with me
and my animals to-night,' said the
robber-girl after they had something
to eat and drink. So she took
Gerda to a corner of the big hall
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where some straw carpets were laid
down. Above them there were more
than a hundred pigeons.
'They all belong to me/ said
the robber girl and she seized the
nearest pigeon, held it by the feet
and shook it till it flapped its
wings. 'And here is my old friend
"Ba'V and she pulled out a reindeer
by its horn. Then she drew a long
knife from the wall and touched
the reindeer's neck with it. The
poor animal began to kick, and the
little robber-girl laughed and pulled
down Gerda onto the straw carpets
with her.
'Will you keep this knife with
you while you are asleep?' asked
Gerda looking at it with horror.
'I always sleep with the knife
by me/ said the little robber-girl.
'No one knows what may happen.
But now tell me again all about
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Kay/ She put one arm across Ger-
da's neck and held the knife in the
other. Soon she was fast asleep.
But Gerda could not close her
eyes — she did not know if she
will live or die. The robbers sat
round the fire singing and
drinking.
Helpful Words & Notes
robber — разбойник
seize — хватать
bite (bit, bitten) — кусать
wild — дикий
snip, snup, snare — снип, снап,
снуре (волшебные слова,
придуманные Андерсеном)
skin — кожа
defend — защищать
be fond of — любить
belong — принадлежать
horror — ужас
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Exercises
1. Correct the statements if they are
wrong.
1) Some guards stopped Gerda's
coach.
2) The old robber-woman wanted
Gerda to stay in her house.
3) The little robber-girl liked
Gerda's boots.
4) Gerda was taller and
stronger than the robber-girl.
5) One of the bulldogs bit Gerda.
6) Gerda was afraid of the
little robber-girl because she
had a horrible knife.
2. Complete the sentences.
1) The robbers ... .
2) The robber-woman had ... .
3) The robber-girl wanted Gerda
to give her ... .
4) Gerda told the robber-girl the
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story about her adventures
and how she ... .
5) The robber-girl pulled out
a reindeer ... .
6) Gerda didn't know if she ... .
3. Fill in the words from the box.
belong
defend
have a ride
bite
seized
skin
1) Look! There are carriages with
horses here. Let's .
2) Don't touch dogs that you
don't know. They may .
3) People with very white
mustn't be in the Sun for
a long time.
4) Boys must girls
and young children.
5) Don't take things that don't
to you without
a permission.
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6) The robbers the
horses and killed the
coachman.
4. Fill in the prepositions from the
box.
through
of
out of
with
down
by
at
1) The robbers pulled Gerda
the carriage.
2) I am fond
animals. I often go to the Zoo
to look the wild
animals there.
3) The robber-girl pulled
Gerda on the straw carpets
her.
4) We walked many
halls in a museum.
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5) My brother is very fond of
reading. He even sleeps with
a book him.
Use the synonyms from the text.
1) Gerda looked at the long knife
in the girl's hand with terror.
2) The old robber-woman cried
out when her daughter bit
her in the ear.
3) Oh, what a nice coat you
have!
4) Gerda told the robber-girl
how she loved Kay.
5) The robber-girl took out
a long knife from the wall.
Fill in a word from the box.
something
anything
nothing
everything
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1) I'm afraid I can't tell you
about this traveller.
I heard about his
adventures.
2) 'Oh, there's in my
eye!' said Kay.
3) 'Do you know about
little Kay?' Gerda asked the
crow.
4) For some children there is
interesting at school
but for others is
interesting.
5) Shall I give you meat or
fish? — Give me .
I'm very hungry.
Speak about the little robber-girl:
how she looked like and what she
did when she met Gerda.
Imagine that you are Gerda.
Describe your stay with the robbers
(divide the text into some parts).

STORY 6
Then the pigeons said, 'Coo,
coo, we saw little Kay. He sat in
the carriage of the Snow Queen
which drove through the wood while
we were lying in our nest. She
blew upon us and all the young
birds died except us two. Coo, coo.'
'What are you saying there?'
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cried the robber-girl. 'Do you know
where the Snow Queen was going?'
'She was going to Lapland
where there is always snow and ice.
Ask the reindeer.'
'Yes, there is always snow and
ice there,' said the reindeer. 'And it
is a wonderful place: you can run
freely on the sparkling ice. The Snow
Queen has her summer cottage there
but her palace is at the North Pole.9
'Do you know where Lapland
is?' asked the robber-girl.
'Who can know better than I?'
said the reindeer. 'I was born and
brought up there and ran on the
snow-covered plainsV
At noon when all the robbers
went away and only the robber-
girl's mother stayed at home, but
she was drunk and was fast asleep,
the little robber-girl went up to the
reindeer and said, 'I'll let you free
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and you'll run away to Lapland.
But you must carry this little girl
to the palace of the Snow Queen
where her friend is.' The reindeer
laughed for joy, and the robber-girl
lifted Gerda on his back and even
gave her a cushion to sit on.
'Here are your fur boots and
your coat/ she said, 'because it
will be very cold but I'll keep your
muff — it is so pretty. But I'll
give you my mother's large warm
mittens. Let me put them on your
hands. And here are two loaves of
bread and a ham, so you won't be
hungry.' And with these words she
opened the door and cut the rope,
with which the reindeer was tied,
with her knife. 'Now run and take
good care of this girl,' she told the
reindeer.
And Gerda stretched out her
hand in a big mitten toward the
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robber-girl and said, 'Farewell.'
'Farewell/ said the robber-girl. 'Sneep,
snup, snare.' And away flew the
reindeer through the big forests as
fast as he could. The wolves howled
around them and in the sky there
were red lights like the flame of
fire. 'These are my old northern
lights/ said the reindeer and he ran
day and night faster and faster till
at last they reached Lapland.
Helpful Words & Notes
nest — гнездо
blow (blew, blown) — дуть
bring up — воспитывать
be fast asleep — крепко спать
put on — надевать
ham — окорок, ветчина
cut (cut, cut) — резать, перерезать;
порезать
take care — заботиться
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flame — пламя
reach — достигать
Exercises
1. Who said?
1) Kay sat in the carriage of
the Snow Queen.
2) Lapland is a wonderful place.
3) I was brought up in Lapland.
4) You must carry this
little girl to the palace of the
Snow Queen.
5) I'll keep your muff — it is
so pretty.
6) Farewell.
2. Choose right.
1) The Snow Queen
a) kissed the pigeons.
b) blew on the pigeons.
c) put the pigeons into a nest.
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2) The Snow Queen had her
summer cottage
a) in Lapland.
b)in Finland,
c) at the North Pole.
3) When the reindeer lived in
Lapland, he
a) skated.
b) skied.
c) ran on the plains.
4) The robber-girl gave Gerda
a) a coat.
b) mittens.
c) a muff.
5) The reindeer ran
a) through big forests.
b) on the plains.
c) on the ice.
3. Answer the questions.
1) Did the pigeons see Kay?
Where did they see him?
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2) What happened to the young
birds when the Snow Queen
blew on them?
3) Where was the Snow Queen
going?
4) Why did the reindeer know
Lapland so well?
5) What did the robber-girl
want the reindeer to do?
6) Did the little robber-girl keep
Gerda's coat or her muff?
4. Complete the sentences with the
words from the box.
was fast asleep
nests
flames
was brought up
cut
take care
1) This famous writer
in a small Northern town.
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2) Mother allows me to take
a dog if I of it.
3) I was so tired that when my
friend came, I .
4) Don't ruin birds' .
5) Be careful with a knife. You
may your finger.
6) Tourists sat round the fire
and looked at the .
5. Use the antonyms from the text.
1) When the Snow Queen blew
on the nest, young birds were
born.
2) In Lapland there is never
snow and ice.
3) The muff was so ugly.
4) Let me take them off your
hands.
5) Gerda stretched out her hand
and said, 'Hallo.9
6) The reindeer ran as slowly as
he could.
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Fill in the pronouns from the box.
somebody
anybody
nobody
everybody
1) Gerda cried but
heard her except birds.
2) Listen! I think there is
in the house.
3) liked Gerda and
wanted to help her.
4) Do you know from
class A? — No, I'm afraid
I know there.
Act out the scenes between the
little robber-girl and a) the
reindeer; b) Gerda.
The reindeer liked to run freely
on the sparkling ice. Say what
you like to do.

STORY 7
They stopped at a little hut.
There was nobody at home except
an old Lapland woman who was
cooking fish. The reindeer told
her Gerda's story. 'Oh, you poor
things,' said the Lapland woman,
'you have a long way to go yet.
You must travel more than a hun-
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dred miles to Finland. The Snow
Queen lives there now, and she
burns Bengal lights every evening.
I'll write a few words on a dried
fish as I have no paper, and you
can take it from me to the
Finland woman who lives there. She
can give you more information
than I can.'
So when Gerda got warmed and
had something to eat and drink,
the woman wrote a few words on
a dried fish and then tied Gerda
on the reindeer. After some time
they reached Finland and knocked
at the Finland woman's hut. It was
so hot inside that the woman wore
almost no clothes. She took off
Gerda's fur boots and the mittens
and put a piece of ice on the
reindeer's head. After she read what
was written on the dried fish three
times she put the fish into her
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soup, as she knew it was good to
eat.
'You are so powerful/ said the
reindeer, 'I know you can tie all the
winds in the world with a piece of
rope. Can you give this little girl
such power that she will defeat the
Snow Queen?'
'I cannot give her greater
power than she already has/ answered
the woman. 'Don't you see how
strong she is? How men and
animals help her and how well she
walks through the world? Her
power is in her kindness and love for
her friend. She must defeat the
Snow Queen herself and remove the
bits of the magic glass from his
eye and the piece of ice from his
heart. Two miles from here the
Snow Queen's garden begins. You
must carry the little girl there and
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leave her by the large bush which
stands in the snow covered with
red berries. Don't stay there but
come back here as quickly as you
can'.
Then the Finland woman
lifted Gerda upon the reindeer and
he ran away with her as
quickly as he could. 'Oh, I forgot to
take my boots and my mittens/
cried Gerda as soon as she felt
the biting cold, but the reindeer
could not stop, so he ran on till
he reached the bush with the red
berries. Here he put Gerda down
and when he kissed her, big tears
came to his eyes. Then he left
her and ran back.
Poor Gerda stood there
without boots, without mittens in the
middle of cold, ice-covered Finland.
She ran forward when a whole le-
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gion of snowflakes came round her.
They did not fall from the sky,
they ran along the ground and the
nearer they came to her, the larger
they became. They were alive and
they were the guards of the Snow
Queen.
Little Gerda began to say a prayer
and the cold was so great that she
could see steam coming out of her
mouth. The steam increased as she
continued the prayer till it took
the shape of little angels who grew
larger at the moment they touched
the ground. Their number increased
more and more, and by the time
Gerda finished her prayers a whole
legion of angels with spears stood
round her. They killed the
terrible snowflakes with their spears
and little Gerda could go forward
with safety. The angels stroked her
hands and feet so that she felt the
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cold less and she ran to the Snow
Queen's palace.
Helpful Words & Notes
you poor things — бедняжки
burn — гореть, жечь
dry — сухой
dried — сушёный
clothes — одежда (мн. ч.)
power — сила, могущество, власть
powerful — сильный,
могущественный
defeat — победить кого-нибудь
remove — удалять
cover — покрывать
the nearer they came to her, the
larger they became — чем ближе
они подлетали к ней, тем больше
они становились
increase — увеличиваться,
усиливаться
shape — форма
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Exercises
1. Put the sentences in the right
order.
1) After some time they reached
Finland and knocked at the
Finland woman's hut.
2) Poor Gerda stood in the
middle of cold, ice-covered
Finland.
3) The woman put a piece of
ice on the reindeer's head.
4) The reindeer ran on till he
reached the bush with the
red berries.
5) The Lapland woman wrote
a few words on a dried
fish.
6) The angels killed the
terrible snowflakes and
little Gerda could go forward
with safety.
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. Share the text among the pupils
and put some questions to each
other.
. Fill in the words from the box.
clothes
burning
removed
power
defeat
shapes
increased
1) Somebody this song
from youtube.
2) 'Gerda must the
Snow Queen herself,' said the
Finland woman.
3) Gerda's was in her
love for her friend.
4) The little angels were of
different and their
number more and
more.
5) It's hot today. Your
are too warm.
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6) Do you feel the smell?
Something is .
4. Fill in the nouns from the text.
1) You have a long
to go yet.
2) Every evening the Snow Queen
burns Bengal .
3) The woman wore almost no
4) She put the dried fish into
her .
5) I know you can tie all the
in the world with
a piece of .
6) You must leave the girl by
the large covered
with .
7) They were the of
the Snow Queen.
8) Little Gerda began to say a
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Fill in the prepositions from the
text if necessary.
out of
round
down
with
in
1) After some time they reached
Finland.
2) You can tie all the winds
a piece of rope.
3) At the bush the reindeer put
Gerda and ran back.
4) Poor Gerda stood the
middle of ice-covered
Finland.
5) A whole legion of snowflakes
came her.
6) She could see steam coming
her mouth.
Put the verbs in brackets in
Present Simple or Present
Continuous (Progressive).
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1) There is a big skating-rink
in our town. We (to skate)
on it every winter.
2) Look! How well Kate (to
skate).
3) Take an umbrella. It (to rain).
It often (to rain) here in
summer.
4) Where is you brother, Jim? —
He (to play) football. He
always (to play) football on
Sundays.
5) Who (to bark) so loudly? —
It's our dog. It is in the
courtyard.
7. Imagine that you are Gerda.
Describe what you felt when the
reindeer left you in the middle of
cold, ice-covered Finland.
8. Act out a scene between the
reindeer and the Finland woman.

STORY 8
But now we must see what little
Kay is doing. To tell the truth, he
did not think of Gerda and could
not suppose that she was
standing in front of the palace. The
walls of the palace were formed of
snow and its windows and doors of
the winds. There were more than
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a hundred rooms in it and they
were so large and empty, so icy
cold and sparkling! The flame of
the northern lights could be seen
from every part of the palace. In
the middle of its empty hall of
snow was a frozen lake and in the
centre of this lake sat the Snow
Queen when she was at home.
Little Kay was quite blue,
almost black with cold, but he did
not feel it for the Snow Queen
kissed him and his heart was
already a piece of ice. He was
moving some pieces of ice and putting
them together in all kinds of
positions, as if he wanted to make
something out of them as we try
to form various pictures in a
puzzle. He composed many different
words but there was one word he
could not form though he wished it
very much. It was the word "Eter-
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nity". The Snow Queen said to him,
'When you form this word you will
overcome my power and become
your own master.' But Kay could
not do it.
'Now I must hurry to warmer
countries/ said the Snow Queen and
she flew away leaving little Kay
quite alone in the great hall. Just
at this time Gerda came through
the great door of the palace. She
went on till she came to the large
empty hall and saw Kay. She ran
to him and threw her arms round
his neck and cried out, 'Kay, dear
Kay, I've found you at last!'
But he sat quite still as if
frozen. Little Gerda began to cry and
her hot tears fell on his breast and
inside to his heart. Her tears
melted the piece of ice which was there.
Then she looked at him and began
to sing the song that they often
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sang together and Kay burst into
tears, and he wept so that the bit
of the magic glass swam out of his
eye. Then he recognized Gerda and
cried out joyfully, 'Gerda, dear
Gerda, where were you all this time and
where was I?' And he looked around
and said, 'How cold it is and how
large and empty it all looks!' And
they began to dance, and when they
were tired and lay down, the pieces
of ice formed themselves into the
letters of the word "Eternity" which
the Snow Queen told Kay to form
before he could overcome her power.
Then they took each other by the
hands and went out from the great
palace of ice. When they arrived
at the bush with red berries, there
stood the reindeer waiting for them.
He brought a young she-reindeer
with him and the children drank
her warm milk and kissed her on
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the mouth. The reindeers carried Kay
and Gerda first to the Finland
woman where they warmed themselves in
the hot room. And then to the
Lapland woman who made some new
clothes for them. The reindeers
carried them to the borders of Lapland
and said, 'Farewell.'
* * *
Suddenly the birds began to
sing and the forest was full of
green leaves. And out of the
forest came a beautiful horse which
Gerda remembered because it was
the horse which drew the golden
coach. A young girl with a red
cap on her head and pistols in her
belt was riding it. It was the little
robber-girl. The girls were very glad
to see each other.'
'You must be a fine fellow/ the
robber-girl said to Kay, 'if Gerda
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went to the end of the world to
find you.' Then Gerda and Kay told
her the end of their story. 'Sneep,
snup, snare. It's all right at last,'
said the little robber-girl. And she
rode away into the wide world. And
Gerda and Kay went hand-in-hand
towards home.
When they came to their town,
it was already spring and
everywhere there were beautiful
flowers. They went upstairs into their
grandmother's room where all looked
as before. But when they passed
through the door into the room,
they realized that they were both
grown up. And when Kay and
Gerda sat down on their chairs and
held each other by the hand, the
cold empty palace of the Snow
Queen vanished from their memory
like a bad dream.
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Helpful Words & Notes
suppose — предполагать
frozen — замёрзший, замороженный
compose — составлять
composer — композитор
compositor — наборщик
eternity — вечность
overcome — побороть, преодолеть
own, adj — собственный
own, v — владеть
recognize — узнавать,, признавать
grown up — взрослый
vanish — исчезать, стереться из
памяти
Exercises
1. Say if these sentences right or
wrong. Correct them if they are
wrong.
1) Kay wanted to see Gerda.
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2) In the middle of the hall
there was a frozen bed.
3) Kay wanted to compose the
word "Eternity".
4) Gerda saw Kay in the
garden.
5) Kay recognized Gerda at once.
6) Kay and Gerda formed the
word "Eternity" with bits of
the magic glass.
7) The children went home on
a horse.
8) When they passed through
the door of their house,
they realized that they were
grown up.
2. Answer the questions.
1) Were the windows and doors
of the palace made of ice or
winds?
2) How many rooms were there
in the palace?
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3) Did Kay feel cold? Why?
4) What was Kay doing when
Gerda found him?
5) What word did he try to
compose?
6) Why did he recognize Gerda?
7) Whom did the children meet
on the way home?
8) What happened when they
returned home?
3. Complete the sentences.
1) Gerda was standing ... .
2) In the middle of the hall
was ... .
3) Kay's heart was already ... .
4) Gerda's hot tears melted ... .
5) Gerda remembered the horse
because ... .
6) When Kay and Gerda sat
down on their chairs, the
Snow Queen's palace ... .
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4. Fill in the blanks with the words
from the box.
overcome
compose
eternity
recognize
grown up
realize
own
1) I couldn't my
sister. When I went abroad,
she was a little girl. And
when I returned, she was
almost a .
2) All these animals belong to
us. They are our
animals.
3) Gerda could
the power of the Snow Queen
because she was fond of Kay
very much.
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4) A young man waited for his
girl for only 20 minutes
but they seemed to him an
5) 'Try to this
puzzle,' a woman told her
son giving him a box with
a new puzzle.
6) Do you that
it's already 8 o'clock? You
must hurry or you'll be late
for school.
5. Put the sentences in Past Simple.
1) The rooms (to be) so large
and empty!
2) Little Kay (to be) almost
blue with cold but he not
(to feel) it.
3) Where Gerda (to find) Kay? —
She (to find) him in the
Snow Queen's palace.
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4) Who (to help) Gerda to find
little Kay?
5) What (to happen) when the
children (to come) through
the door into their room?
6. Speak about
1) the Snow Queen's palace.
2) little Kay in the Snow Queen's
palace.
7. Imagine that you are Gerda.
Describe your meeting with Kay.
8. Describe Kay and Gerda's
returning home. The cast: Gerda, the
reindeer, the robber-girl, Kay.
9. Questions to the book:
Did you like this story? Was is
difficult for you to read it in
English? Did you know this story
before? Did you read other stories by
Andersen? Which character of this
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story you liked best of all? Why
do you think Gerda overcame the
power of the Snow Queen? Who
helped her? Think of a story when
you helped somebody or somebody
helped you.

Vocabulary1
STORY 1
stove [steuv] — плита
melt [melt] — таять
nod [nod] — кивать
hold [h9uld] (held, held) — держать
heart [ha:t] — сердце
pain [pein] — боль
neck [nek] — шея
bit [bit] — кусочек
receive [n'si:v] — получать
pull off ['pul 'Df] — срывать
cruel ['кгшэ1] — жестокий
sledge [sleds] — сани
fur [f3:] — мех
drive [draiv] (drove, driven) —
быстро двигаться, мчаться
follow [Tobu] — следовать
fall [foil] (fell, fallen) — падать
feel [fi:l] (felt, felt) — чувствовать
1 В порядке появления в тексте.
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die [dai] — умирать
notice [nsutis] — заметить
death [de0] — смерть
land [laend] — земля, суша
STORY 2
gate [geit] — ворота, калитка
alone [э'1эип] — одна, один
throw [Огэи] (trew, thrown) —
бросать
bank [baerjk] — берег реки
creep [kri:p] (crept, crept) —
ползти, вползти
lie [lai] (lay, lain) — лежать
tie [tai] — привязывать
drift away [drift 9'wei] — относить
ветром, дрейфовать
fast [fa:st] — быстрый, быстро
carry ['kasn] — нести
stocking ['stokirj] — чулок
float [ftaut] — плавать
field [fi:ld] — поле
graze [greiz] — пастись
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wear |weo] (wore, worn) — носить
одежду
painted ['peintid] — раскрашенная
shade [Jeid] n — тень от солнца
shade [Jeid] v — защитить(ся) от
солнца
draw [dro:] (drew, drawn) — тащить
dry [drai] — сухой
ground [graund] — земля, почва
lead [li:d] (led, led) — вести
comb [кэит] v — расчёсывать
comb [кэит] n — расчёска, гребень
witch [witf] — ведьма, волшебница
STORY 3
flower-bed ['flauabed] — клумба
weep [wip] (wept, wept) — рыдать
at once [aet waiis] — сразу,
немедленно
bare [Ьеэ] — голый, обнажённый
world [w3:ld] — мир, земной шар
stone [stsun] — камень
rest [rest] — отдыхать
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crow [кгэи] — ворона
castle ['ka:s(3)l] — замок
kingdom ['kingdam] — королевство,
царство
sparkling ['sparklin] — сияющий,
сверкающий
clap [klaep] — хлопать
wait [weit] — ждать
STORY 4
uniform ['ju:nifo:m] — форма
allow [a'lau] — позволять,
разрешать
staircase ['steakeis] — лестница
touching ['tAtfin] — трогательный
hall [ho:l] — зал, зала
shadow ['/аеёэи] — тень
on horseback [on 'horsbaek] —
верхом
coach [kautf] — экипаж
coachman ['kautfman] — кучер
muff [mAf] — муфта
nut [1Ш] — орех
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farewell [fea'wel] — прощай(те)
flap [flaep] — хлопать
STORY 5
rush [гл[] — бросаться
fat [fast] — толстый, жирный
beard [bi3d] — борода
eyebrow [aibrau] — бровь
scream [skri:m] — кричать
broad [bro:d] — широкий
courtyard ['ko:tja:d] — внутренний
двор
bark [ba:k] — лаять
straw [stro:] — соломенный
reindeer ['remdi9] — северный олень
horn [ho:n] — рог
kick [kik] — брыкаться
STORY 6
North Pole [пэ:6 рзи1] — Северный
полюс
plain [plein] — равнина
noon [плп] — полдень
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free [fri:] — свободный
let free [let fri:] — освобождать
cushion ['ки/(э)п] — диванная
подушка
mitten [mitn] — варежка
loaf [tauf] (loaves) — буханка
rope [гэир] — верёвка
stretch [stretf] — протягивать,
вытягивать
STORY 7
hut [hAt] — хижина
yet [jet] — ещё
mile [mail] — миля (1609 м)
bush [buf] — куст
berry [Ъеп] — ягода
legion ['Н:с1з(э)п] — легион, отряд
prayer [ргеэ] — молитва
steam [sti:m] — пар
number ['плтЬэ] — число
spear [spia] — копьё
stroke [strauk] — гладить
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STORY 8
empty ['empti] — пустой
various [Veanas] — разнообразный
though [бэи] — хотя
master ['mcusta] — хозяин
breast [brest] — грудь, грудная
клетка
body [bodi] — тело
border [Ъэ:с1э] — граница
belt [belt] — пояс

Содержание
STORY 1 3
Exercises 8
STORY 2 13
Exercises 19
STORY 3 25
Exercises 30
STORY 4 35
Exercises 39
STORY 5 45
Exercises 50
STORY 6 55
Exercises 59
STORY 7 64
Exercises 70
STORY 8 75
Exercises 81
VOCABULARY 88

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